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Are five stars in proficiency worth ?

Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2001 7:32 am
by belgarath
I mean, isn't it better to put 2-3 in two weapon rather than 5 in one ?

The bonuses are not that interesting after 3 (those written in the doc).

What do you think ?

Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2001 8:26 am
by Radek
1. When you play without patches like level 50 rules then the second plus gives you a considerable advantage but next pluses are waste of valuable proficiency points.
2. At least some level 50 rules try to rectify it. For example the level 50 rules from teambg.com give you an additional attack at 5+ like in BG1.

Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2001 8:42 am
by Hex92
If you are playing IWD then the extra profs. are worth it, but in BGII no.

But then again if you only want to use 1 weapon the little bonus may be worth it. FOr example my Kensai Mage uses Katanas almost exclusively. He only uses a longsword in 1 hand when fighting dragons (dragonslayer) or vampires/liches (Daystar). So I put most of mine in katanas and dual wield and only 1 in longswords.

Hex92

Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2001 9:05 am
by belgarath
Originally posted by Radek:
1. When you play without patches like level 50 rules then the second plus gives you a considerable advantage but next pluses are waste of valuable proficiency points.
2. At least some level 50 rules try to rectify it. For example the level 50 rules from teambg.com give you an additional attack at 5+ like in BG1.
What are those "level 50 rules" ???

Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2001 9:07 am
by Radek
... and you lose 1/2 attack per round. It is not good, Hex92.

Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2001 9:17 am
by Radek
@Belgarath: Level 50 rules are a set of .2DA files that you unzip into your 'override' directory. They change the game rules a bit:
a) they remove the XP cap.
b) they extend the progress tables (saving throws, spell capacity, etc) up to level 50.
c) they can do other things as well (it depends on the source - I know the teambg.com rules).
You can get them at [url="http://www.teambg.com,"]www.teambg.com,[/url] for example.

... eee ... .2DA files are plain text files...

Posted: Thu Feb 15, 2001 10:02 am
by belgarath
Thx Radek !